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Tom's home (and lifestyle?) is featured in Seattle Homes & Lifestyles magazine in the Jan/Feb 1999 issue.
Call 1-800-368-5938  for back issues to order a copy ($6.95 includes postage and handling.)

A 1975 Profile of Tom Robbins from People Magazine. Includes 3 photographs. 

Talkin' 'bout Tom Dale Kirby has compiled a page of quotes from and about Tom.

Steve Gillard has written a fascinating report about a reading that Tom gave recently that included part of his latest novel.

Ray Collins aka Mr. Donut presents his vignette about Tom Robbins as one of his three best of the year.

Rush Payton has written A Discourse on Transcendance and the Role of the Meta-Narrator in Three Novels by Tom Robbins.

An  article from the June issue of Point No Point, a Seatle literary magazine.

Debbie Rogers has charmed an Unknown Admirer into sending her some juicy Robbins quotes in Debbie Does Dejanews

People Magazine review of Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas.
The Truth from Ruth Ruth Priester preaches the gospel of Tom in an essay on the meaning of three of Tom Robbins novels.
Dawnmarie reviews Another Roadside Attraction
It dawns on me that Dawnmarie (say, whatever happened to Donny and Marie?) knows what she's talking about. And she's talking about Another Roadside Attraction. Not just a review--a how-to! How to read Tom's first novel.

Sean Anderson's essay called, Sex, Individuality, and Immortality in Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume. (Psst, Sean, Leslie Fiedler was a guy.)

Over at Ed's Internet Book Review website, Karen A. Bornstein has written very insightful reviews of two of Tom's books: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues & Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas. Just click on "General Fiction" and then "R" for Robbins.

Barbra Nightingale teaches the Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar IDS 1936 at Broward Community College in the Ft. Lauderdale area. She assigned her students a Tom Robbins novel to exercise their critical skills upon and is sharing some of their work with us. Now that's the kind of teacher I wish I'd had! Here are the articles by Catherine Gangitano and Donna-May Sakura-Lemessy.

Marcus Pan has written a delightful piece about Still Life with Woodpecker.

A three part analysis of TR's work:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Ariele M. Huff has intereviewed Tom for The New Times and produced an inspiring article. Sample quote: ""Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a
  wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be
  trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if
  we only had the guts to be truly free and the wisdom to shrink our egos and quit taking
  ourselves so damn seriously." TR

AFTRLifers Jim Harris and Mary Borgia h

Ask Tom a Question.  The Guardian newspaper has printed the first chapter of Fierce Invalids. On its Talk Board Tom is answering questions from readers. (Thanks Christine.)

Tom Robbins has written a rant on creativity for MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies).  (Thanks for the tip, Tim)

Northwest writers rack up book sales in the millions
   Date: 30 Mar 2001   Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
   Last year was a very good year for Jayne Ann Krentz. It was also a very good year for John Saul, Steve Martini, Tom Robbins, Terry Brooks, Brian Herbert, Neal Donald ...

Movies
  Date: 30 Mar 2001   Source: Seattle Times
   "Have a film festival," said writer and former Seattle Times critic Tom Robbins, "and give a big prize." On his advice, Mary Jo Malone and the late Carol Duke did exactly ...

The November/December issue of Gadfly magazine features an article and interview with Tom Robbins done by Peter O. Whitmer, the author of Aquarius Revisted and other fascinating books about American icons,  Elvis and Hunter S. Thompson. There's an excerpt: Heroine Addict Creates Perfect Fix as Dear Abby Meets Born-Again Virgin.
 

Mike reports, "Say, I found a page with the complete Rimbaud poem that the title of Fierce Invalids is taken from. If you are interested, here is the link: http://iww.org/~deke/enfer/
The title is taken from the "Bad Blood" section, and it's a bit different, as Tom did his own translating. Hope this is of use to you!" (Thanks Mike!)

Amazon Interview with Tom Robbins
(thanks little toad, who also reports that Fierce Invalids is a "hot pick" in George Magazine.)

Excerpt from Fierce Invalids  at MP3Lit.com.

Time Magazine  has a blurb about Tom and his publicist, The Pope. (Thanks Jay)

Tom is a yearly judge at Ruby Montana's Spam Carving Contest.
(Thanks little toad and od)

Linda Richards, editor of  January Magazine has done an in-depth exclusive interview with Tom Robbins.
(New original pictures as well.)

Link to information about the Corpus Hermeticum added to  the Fierce Invalids page.
 

Fatima revealed and Matisse's Blue Nude added to the Fierce Invalids page.

Know a non-English word for vagina? Want to?  Fierce Invalids forums.

Tom is profiled in Seattle Weekly Magazine.Roger Downey gets great info out of Tom like favorite albums, favorite wise guys and favorite books for the enlightened.
(Thanks to Chad Perman for the tip.)

Tom was in a live webcast which is available at
Barnes and Noble site.
(Thanks to Kevin R for the tip.)

Article about Tom in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(Thanks Steve.)

Tom is interviewed on the First Person Book Page.
(Thanks for the tip Cyndaaz)

Fierce Invalids was reviewed recently in Publisher's Weekly and mentioned in Fortune Magazine.
(Thanks for the tips Gracious Stranger)

Tom is interviewed on the Barnes and Noble website and some early reviews are available.


Gregory Daurer has conducted an interview with Tom Robbins which will appear
in the June 2000 issue of High Times magazine (On sale April 25).
(This is not to be confused with High Old Times magazine which is just about getting high on LIFE!)

Terence McKenna,  Tom's friend and one of the Luminaries, died on April 3, 2000 (Thanks, Karl)
More info here.

Tracy Johnson has written an article about Tom Robbins in Salon Magazine.
(Thanks for the tip, Rochus.)

Tom thinks pink. Tom has written an off-beat travel article (what other kind would he?)
 for National Geographics' Traveler Magazine.    There's an excerpt at the site.

Tom Robbins is quoted in an article about online reviews of books.

Uli Niebergall has been kind enough to translate (from the German) an interview that Tom gave to the magazine, Subway.

 

An interview with Charles Heald: interview

Sherri Weeks tells about a trip to see TR: Sacramemento

Disinformation, I'm informed has provided information about Tom Robbins
in the form of an informative article about Tom Robbins. (Thanks, Neil)

The Toronto Star has a good article about Tom Robbins' recent appearance in Santa Monica, CA.
(Thanks Jane.)